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Show THE MAGAZINES. HL 'fnc American Monthly Review of Rc- Hj views for April gives great, attention to Hl the RuHSO-Japaueuo war, under llvo titles H "Has Russia Any Strong Mau7" by E. J. B Dillon; "Russia's Civilizing Work in H Asia," by Prof. G. Frederick Wright, II- 1 luHtrated; "What the People Read In Rus- H sin," Illustrated; "Russian Opinion on 1 American 'Meddling' In tho Far East," B and "The Month's Operations In tho War" H It iu all very Instructive reading. H "The Panama Commission and Its H! Work," by Walter Wcllman, Is a fino H,' summary, with portraits and other lllus- H I 'tratlons. "A Model Industrial Vllkige." H'l by F. 11, Stead, with Illustrations, tells of Hll a great Industry, phllanlhroplcally con- K ducted, In England. "A Garden City, in England," by William H. Tolman, Is a lino description and appreciation. "School Gardens In Great Cities," by Helen Chrls-tlno Chrls-tlno Bennett, with Illustrations, Is a paper of high merit, which points tho way to great Improvement. "Tho Yollow-PJnc Industry In-dustry in tho South." by W. Watson Davis, Illustrated, Is a paper of much practical prac-tical Interest. "American Literary Influence Influ-ence Abroad," by Charles A. L. Reed, concludes con-cludes that It Is very small, "The Progress of the World" Is a department de-partment of high Interest, which treats of tho leading events and topics of the month In able style; it Is excellent in tone and knowledge, and Is Illustrated with a largo number of portraits and other Illustrations, Illustra-tions, with reproductions of tho best cartoons car-toons of the month. The "Record of Current Cur-rent Events" and "Leading Articles of tho .Month" are both excellently dono In compilation com-pilation and oxcerpts. Thcro are also reviews re-views of the periodicals and of now books. It Is a great monthly. Tho Review of Reviews Co., Now York. The World Today for April has a large number of articles dealing with the events of tho month, which aro all brought to no-tlco no-tlco In excellent style. The contributed specialties, most of them Illustrated, arc, "Japan Before the War," by John L. Dcarlng; "Housekeeping In Japan," by Charles Hovey Topper; "Marconi's Work in Europe," by Amy A. Bernardy; "Tho Risks of a General Election," by Herbert W. Horwlll; "Tho Curies at Home' by Emily Crawford, tells nil about tho discovery dis-covery of radium; "A Collego Field Day In Syria," by Lewis Gaston Lcary; "The Home Life of Our Birds," by James Slonaker; "The Present Position of the Church of England," by C. F". G. Master-man; Master-man; "Tho Groat River, IV. Tho Span-lards Span-lards In the South." by William Garrolt Brown; "Aulomobllng for Women," by Angela Morgan: "Tho Victory of Attorney-General Attorney-General Knox," by Walter Crano Emerson. Emer-son. A quintuple symposium on "The Negro from the Negro Point of View" Is contributed to by Booker T. Washington, Kelly Miller, Jesse Lawson, Ida B. Wells-Bnrnett, Wells-Bnrnett, and W. E. Burghardt Du Bols; It Is a very strong presentation. "Men and Women of the Month" Includes many por-trolls por-trolls In lint and black, and the discussion discus-sion of current and coming events Is both varied and able. Tt Is a great and useful monthly. Tho World Today Company, publishers, Chicago. Tho Globo and Quarterly Review for March has for opening article u scorching paper by W. H. Thorne, "Tho Chambor-lnln-Balfour Blutf." full of month-filling expletives. "A Defense of the British Monarchy." by E. H Fltzpatrick, Is a contrast con-trast of England with America, much to tho disadvantage of the latter "The Wave of Greatness" is a paper by Caroline Caro-line D. Swnn, In which tho position is taken ta-ken that there need bo no despair of the Republic "The War In tho-Far East," by W. II. Thome Is a war upon the United States, upon Russia, and. upon Japan, but chiefly against the United States. "Shall Mormons b.o Excluded from Congress?" by John T. Twohy, is a furious boating of a man of straw duly sot up for the flagellation, flagel-lation, "Growth of Chicago," by Eugene Parsons, is a great showing. "Ruminations'," "Rumina-tions'," n sketch of Hho Rev. Father O'Nell, "Preparation" (a poem), and Globo Notes complete a strong number. William Henry Thome, editor nnd publisher, pub-lisher, Philadelphia, The' Forum for April-June, has its usual very ablo reviews of Amorlcan Politics, of Foreign Affairs, of Finance, of Applied Science, of Literature Popular Criticism, of Music In America, nnd Abroad, of tho Educational Outlook, and of Educational Research tho Need of a Now Basis for its Supervision. Tho special articles arc "Personal Reminiscences of Herbert jSpencor," by Grant Allen, most Interesting, Interest-ing, and illuminated by the reproduction of a letter of aclniowledgment from Spencer Spen-cer of his obligation to Mr. Allen for setting set-ting straight his position In tho evolutionary evolu-tionary movement. "A National Sculpture Sculp-ture Society," by William Ordway Partridge, Part-ridge, Is a strong plea for such a society. But tho article of most moment in this very ablo number of an always able quarterly, quar-terly, Is Dr. Rico's paper- on the need of a new basis In educational supervision. It Is full of straight talk and hard sense. Thus, la his treatment of the question of the gauge of teaching power, ho says that "while heretofore the efficiency of a teacher has been estimated primarily by her general and profssional knowledge, the size of her conscience, her educational ideals, her methods, the amount of tlmo devoted to her work ouloldo of school hours, and so on, It must hereafter be read In tho powers of the pupil. Just as tho power of a painter must be read 'n 1ho canvas. And In the same way, the amount of power possessed by a principal for his particular calling must be no longor estimated esti-mated by the amount of experience he has had as a teacher, tho number of degrees ho holds, or his general Interest in education, educa-tion, but by the proportion of his teachers who manifest a genuine power to teach." This, of course, must be qualified by the proviso that the teacher or tho principal is to be allowed to teach or administer without being clamped Into ruts by a superintendent su-perintendent or board of erticaticn, end deflected from her natural bent and capa-'city. capa-'city. For the painter follows his own lead, and tho teacher must do the same If sho Is likewise to be Judged by her work. It is a'great quarterly, able, timely, fearless. fear-less. The Forum Publishing Company, New York. Tho Book-Lever for April gives seven pages o reproductions of Gerome's drawings, draw-ings, .with some words a3 to his genius. In tho "Authors' Favorite Series," portraits aro given of Robert Barr, Cyius Townsend Brady, Emerson Hough, Stewart Edward While, and William Norrls. In the "Players' "Play-ers' Favorlto Series," of Henry Alnley, Miss Kate Barry, Miss Florence "Reed, and Henrietta Crosman. Thcro Is an essay by Washington Irving ncyer before prlnt.hl, "Ladles' Tongues." Joel Benton contributes "A Philosopher in Letters and In Llfo," a high trlbuto to C. N. Bovee. "The Shepherd's Shep-herd's Hour-Glass," by John Russell Hayes, fourth part, is full of lino quotations quota-tions and comment. "Privately Illustrated Books," by Daniel M. Treadwell, Is an expert ex-pert exposition, most Interesting to see. "An Almanac of Three Centuries Ago," by Gleeson White, shows up vividly a lot of the ancient absurdities. "Some Minor Antiquarian An-tiquarian and Literary Hoaxes," by Francis I3T. Lee. Is both erudite and Ingenious. In-genious. "Tho Garrlck Club Controversy" Is a resumo of tho old altercation between Thackeray and Edmund Yates. "The Great Book Collectors." "Cameos from the Classics," and a large number of curious curi-ous and entertaining things aro in tho number. Tho Book-Lover Press, publishers, publish-ers, New York City. Tho Architectural Record for April shows beautifully a line work of American architectural sculpture, being tho new portalls of St. Bartholomew, New York, most artistic and attractive, presented by RuBaell Sturgls. "Tho Economy of tho Ofllco Building," tho first of a scries, Is a very ablo and thorough study by ienrgo Hall. "Tho Frlck BUlIdlng, Pittsburgh. Pa.," Is beautifully shown In elevation and in details, "Tho Architecture of tho Ixu-Islana Ixu-Islana Purchase Exposition" Is beautifully beauti-fully presented by Franz K, Winkler, together to-gether with tho eround, plaa of the csposl- i tlon. "Tho Architecture of Ideas," by Arthur C. David, describes and pictures somo Ideas of homes as embodied In residences resi-dences that Idealists havo built. ""Whitehall," ""White-hall," tho resldenco of H. M. Flagler, Palm Beach, Florida, Is shown as a dream of taste and splendor. It Is an on-trancing on-trancing publication. Tho Architectural Record Co,, New York. The Literary Collector for March has for frontlspleco an illustration of elegant binding by Bradstreet. "Some Famous Historical Collections In Paris," by James W. Thompson, Is a review of somo of the especially rich treasures to bo found In that city. "Tho Dayo Press," second paper, pa-per, by Rush C. Hawkins, seeks to trace the first press brought from abroad and sot up In Cambridge, Mass., In 1639, with fair success.- "Notes on Modern Art," by A. E. Gallatin, "London Bibliographical Letter' by Alfred M, Pollard, book reviews, re-views, guide to the magazines, notes, query and comment, and current book prices, complete a good number. The Literary Press, Greenwich, Conn, The Dollnoator for May has an elegant new cover-page, "Blossom-time," and for Xrontlsploco a scene on ship-board, "Watching tho Land Recede." It has in full volume, In text and handsome picture, tho fashions of New York, London, and J?arls, besides special articles, "Spring and Summer Styles," "Tho Dressmaker," and "Lato Spring Millinery." A scries Is begun, be-gun, "Great Women of Pioneer Times," with an eulogy of Catherine Sevier which Is of far more than ordinary Interest. "Around tho World in Eighty Pictures," second letter, takes one from Vancouvor to Seoul. "The Fountain of Youth." treats of tho care of tho mouth and leeth. "Fruit Blossoms" is a beautiful double-page picture. pic-ture. "The Joy of Living" tells of tho relations re-lations of mothers nnd marriageable S0113. Tho usual departments. Including "House Building and Home Making," "Stories and Pastimes for Children." "Needlework," "The Observances of Society," "The Newest New-est Books." the klechen, tho table, entor-talnmcnts, entor-talnmcnts, stories, gowns for commencements, commence-ments, eta, arc well filled, and all In excellent ex-cellent style, well presented. The But-terlck But-terlck Publishing Co.. New York. Current Litoraturo for Aprl has for special spe-cial features reports of the Woman's suffrage suf-frage convention, nnd extracts from new books, with shrewd comment unon them. "Current History" gives mention of many prominent measures and topics, among them the suppression of polygamy in Utah, urging tho passago of a Constitutional amendment giving the Federal courts jurisdiction, and in "Current Discussion Both Sides," is given oplnons on tho Smoot case. Educatonal questions, "Humor "Hu-mor from Real Life." cartoons upon current cur-rent events, music and art, medical questions ques-tions of popular interest, glimpses of new books, prominent people, etc, are all handsomely presented, and the number Is an excellent ono of the highest class. The Current Literature Publishing Co., New York. The Overland Monthly, Easter number, Is a beauty in Its appropriate cover-pago, and "A California Easter." "The Great-eat Great-eat of These." an efsay on Easter by tho Rev. A. J. Baden Jenner; are appropriate to the number. Special articles of Interest are "Up Mount Popocatepetl," "The Dairy of Industry of California," "A Latin-American Alliance," "Tho Great California Diamond Mines," "Tho Curious Japanese Ceremony of Che-No-Yu," "Tho Chinese Festival of All Soul's Day," "The Toad Beneath tho Harrow," "A Blessing In Disguise," "Winter In the Santa Cruz Mountains," "Memorial Windows In San Francisco." "Abraham Lincoln's Knowledge Knowl-edge of Shakespeare," "The Making of a Window," and "Book Rcviows," while "Manila Today" Is a series of four handsome hand-some pictures. It Is an excellent number. Overland Monthly Company, publishers, San Francisco. Cassler's Magazino for April has for frontlspleco an excellent portrait of Thomas Alva Edison, the great olectrlclan and Inventor, with an account of his success suc-cess with the Incandescent lamp. "The Highest Railway In Europo" Is a finely Illustrated Il-lustrated account of tho line from Thusls to St Morltz, Switzerland. "The Modern Development of Docks" Is an ablo paper, copiously Illustrated. "The Location of Electric Water Power Stations," by Alton D. Adams, gives somo examples from American practice, with five Illustrations. "Softening and Purifying Water for Boilers" Boil-ers" gives processes and devices. "The Industrial Advance of Germany," as seen through British eyes, is given by Joseph Horner, a view that seems anxious for Great Britain. "Equitable Labor Compon satlon and Maximum Output" is ably discussed dis-cussed by H. L. Gantt "New American Woodworking Industries" are told of well by George E. Walsli. Tho "Current Topics " department Is excellently filled, and the magazino Is both beautiful and Instructive. In-structive. The Gassier Magazine Co., New York. The Now England Magazine discusses "Boston as an Art Center," tolls of "Tho Massachusetts Model Sclionl In r?nrfin gives us a view of "Tho Mexican Hacienda," Hacien-da," pictures "The American Monastery in Venice," tells about "Whaling In Hudson's Hud-son's Bay," has a very flno appreciation of Thomas B. Reed, recalls in vivid style tho funeral of John Brown, and reports (by tho Hon. Gcorgo S. Boutwell) "Tho Convention of 1787." TherO are good literary liter-ary features, stories, poems, and sketches of merit. It Is a welcome, bright magazine. maga-zine. America Company publishers, Bos-' tdn. Tho National Geographlo Magazine for April opens with an account of travels in Arabia and along the Persian Gulf, by David G. Falrchlld, with many illustrations; illustra-tions; a most lntercstng resume. "Tho American Desert" Is an illustrated account ac-count of tho conditions of tho arid region, with charts. "Consul Skinner's Mission to Abyssinia," Illustrated, gives a summary sum-mary of that expedition. "Tho Sailing Ship and the Panama Canal," by James Page, Is a valuable showing of tho transportation trans-portation service, with much interesting Information. "Wokaa, a Primitive Indian Food," describes the seeds of tho water lilies gathered, on Klamath marsh, Oregon, "The Antarctic Contlnont," "Tho Dealings Deal-ings of tho United States with tho Nations Na-tions of tho World," and notes and literature, litera-ture, comprlso a flno number. Published by tho National Geographic Soclcly, Washington, D. C, Table Talk for April gives a short account ac-count of somo famous books with its tltlo; tells of "A Twentieth Century Run;" gives "Hospitality's Calendar," and "Bonbons "Bon-bons for Eastertlmo;" describes in detail "Tho Feast of tho Passover;" and tells of somo "Eaatcr Fancies." In "Practical Housekeeping" aro detailed a largo number of toothsome dishes, and there aro accounts of marketing, of rice dishes, now menus for every day in tho month, followed fol-lowed by Illustrations and explanations; "Housekeepers' Inquiries" Is well tilled with practical suggestions and directions,-and directions,-and altogether tho number Is of excellent tasto and service. Table Talk Publishing Co., Philadelphia. The Four-Truck News for April has many cood Ulnss In UuveJ, adventure, and historical sketch, chlof among thorn being Kirk Munroo's description of Korea, tho battlo-ground of tho far East. "Mountain CllmbTng In tho Canadian RookleB" Is an i attractive paper, and there aro many good things In tho number. Published by George II. Daniels, Now York City. Humboldt County Souvenir is a hand-sorno hand-sorno largo pamphlot Issued by tho Humboldt Hum-boldt Times of Eureka, California. It abounds In fino half-tones, and Is a comprehensive com-prehensive exposition of the great resources re-sources and natural advantages of that comparatively neglected portion of tho Golden State. Tho town, lis public buildings, build-ings, Its prominent private and corporate enterprises, and Its surroundings, are all well presented In story and picture. It Is an adrnlrablo and good business publication, publica-tion, which cannot fail to do much for that county. A beautiful souvenir, "The Spirit of Ea3-tor," Ea3-tor," by Helen Kollor, Is Issued by the 0 Youth's Companion. It is a work of art, I printed from black type on glazed brlstol I board. Tho wording and sentiments of E the essay aro surprisingly beautiful and appropriate; It seems scarcely less than a miracle that a girl so afflicted as sho Is could bo brought to the point of giving utterance ut-terance to sentiments of such nobility, expressed ex-pressed so appropriately and so strikingly ns In this exposition of the spirit of Easter. It Is a great triumph of persevcranco and E devotion to bring a soul forth from dark- j ncss to such light as this. I |